Sukhoi Su-29

what is it?

The Sukhoi Su-29 is a Russian two-seat aerobatic aircraft with a 268 kW (360 hp) radial engine. It was designed based on the Su-26 and inherited most of the design and technical features of its predecessor. Due to wide use of composite materials, which make up as much as 60% of the Su-29's aircraft structure, the empty weight is increased by only 50 kg (110 lb) over the single-seat Su-26's empty weight.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 440 km/htop speed
• size 1,220 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 35 years ago, in 1991.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1991

status

still flying

number built

—

role

aerobatic aircraft, military trainer

origin

🇷🇺 Russia

makers

Sukhoi

engines

1× Vedeneyev M14P

crew

2

length

7.3 m

wingspan

8.2 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

1,220 kg

top speed

440 km/h

cruise speed

250 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.